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Marietta April 22, 2025

Train hits unoccupied car parked on CSX tracks in Marietta

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, a 22-year-old Marietta man was arrested after a train hit his unoccupied car after he…

Three gears, the largest one with a dollar sign in the middle

Economy April 22, 2025

Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

by Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Nearly every country in the world has…

Environment April 22, 2025

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

by Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent…

Depiction of four religions via a crescent moon and star, a cross, a Star of David, and a ying-yang symbol

Religion April 22, 2025

Francis − a pope who cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

by Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the…

Marietta April 18, 2025

Marietta calls for artists for its annual juried art exhibition

The City of Marietta is inviting artists to submit their works for the annual juried Fine Art Festival, a part of the popular Art in the Park. According to the…

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County April 18, 2025

What does Cobb’s Magistrate Court do?

You might have watched a police show on television, where an officer calls in a request to a judge for a search warrant. If this call were from a police…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Freedom of Information April 17, 2025

The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability

by Reshma Ramachandran, Yale University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency…

A screenshot of an 1838 ad for the Powder Springs Hotel

Powder Springs April 16, 2025

1838 advertisement for the Powder Springs Hotel

[This is an evergreen article about the history of Powder Springs. We periodically update and republish these articles as we find additional information] The Courier makes heavy use of the…

A schoolhouse with books superimposed on the front

Education April 16, 2025

Educators find creative work-arounds to new laws that restrict what they can teach

by Riley Drake, University of Wisconsin-Stout, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An onslaught of executive orders from President Donald Trump aim to restrict how and…

Marietta April 16, 2025

Tombstone cleaning workshop coming to Marietta City Cemetery

(Photo above from Davis Chapel Cemetery — Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) The Marietta History Center will continue its series of tombstone cleaning workshops with a session scheduled for Saturday,…

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation September 16, 2025

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